UK rap legend Rodney P reveals the origins of the jazz-funk movement, the very first home-grown black British music culture, inspired by the avant-garde American music of the 70s. Show more UK rap ...

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Hip-hop first emerged in the Bronx during the 1970s as a creative outlet for Black communities grappling with social and economic hardships. Born out of block parties and street corner cyphers, it ...